Accountability

Breakfast: Cereal w/milk & banana & pears, oj

Lunch: Salad, slice french bread

Dinner: Lean Cuisine Sesame Chicken, Carrot salad w/banana & pineapple

Snack: Hot chocolate, piece toast

Exercise: Biked 4 miles, 25 min. Weights. My legs were really hurting as soon as I started biking. It seems like they shouldn’t hurt by now but it was really bad today.

1600 calories.

I’ve lost 14 lbs since the beginning of January! I’m pretty happy about that!

That was a an interesting, somewhat scary link. I decided to check on nutritional information for pizza rolls. I have to admit that when I used to eat them I never looked at it - I’m not that stupid! Although they do have fiber. . .

You know, I think I am pretty amazing. I feel like it has been easy because I haven’t felt like eating a lot of times but in the past my response to depression has generally been to eat more, not less. This has been a difficult 23 days but I haven’t “cheated” once and I think I’m actually beginning to believe that changes are possible.

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 package yields
Amount Per Serving
Calories 528	Calories from Fat 202
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.47 g	34.6 %
Saturated Fat 5.19 g	26.0 %
Cholesterol 36.04 mg	12.0 %
Sodium 949.76 mg	39.6 %
Total Carbohydrate 60.42 g	20.1 %
Dietary Fiber 4.24 g	17.0 %
Sugars 0
*Protein 21.20 g	42.4 %
0.0 %	0 %
15.3 %	0 %
0 %	0 %

Breakfast: Toast w/peanut butter, oj

Lunch: Salad

Dinner: Turkey patty, french bread, pear fruit cup, v-8 juice

Snack: Trail mix

Exercise: Biked 6 miles, 36 min. 1400 calories.

I don’t feel like I did very well today. As I think about it though I actually did good stuff. I wanted pizza rolls this morning & didn’t go to the store & buy any! I made sure I ate a big salad for lunch before I went shopping so I wouldn’t be tempted to stop and eat something. It is just when I went to eat dinner I didn’t feel like fixing it or eating it. I ended up having something different than I’d planned but it wasn’t bad stuff. I really didn’t want to bother eating but I don’t want to do that. In the past I’ve done it and then later been hungry and had junk food. I’m trying (actually I think I’m doing it) to eat even when I don’t feel like it because I know it is good for me and I’ll feel better in the end.

Breakfast: Cereal w/milk & banana, oj, v-8 juice

Lunch: Slice french bread, 1 oz cheese, grapes

Dinner: Chicken salad

Exercise: Weights 10 minutes. Biked 37 min, 6 miles. 1500 calories.

Breakfast: Scrambled egg, toast, oj

Lunch: Turkey spaghetti

Dinner: Hamburger patty, salad w/lots of vegetables, slice french bread

Snack: small piece chocolate, apple

Exercise: Bike-34 min, 6 miles (I went faster today). 1725 calories.

I notice in looking back over my meals that I’m not doing as well as I should for the food pyramid thing. Overall I think I’m getting enough protein, some days less but like today I had to much. I’m doing pretty good on the vegetables. I put a lot in my salads - peppers, cucumber, carrots, broccoli. Grains I do better good on also. Where I’m really bad is fruit & dairy. The funny thing is that I like fruit, I just forget to eat it. I’m going to start eating cereal more often, that way I’ll get a cup of milk in the morning (& I won’t throw so much away). I bought some calcium tablets today & the clerk - who was about 25 years old - said that after age 26 you are supposed to have 500 milligrams a day. I was going to say I was in big trouble because I’m way past 26 but I was hoping she thought I was younger (like 39).

Stephen asked: day 20. that’s almost three weeks. how do you feel about that? what do you think about the changes you’ve made in your diet?  do you feel better because of all these changes? are you as committed to this now as you were when you started? as enthusiastic about it?

Ok, I had to think about this. I feel pleased that I’ve done so well in sticking with this change. I don’t know that I feel better though. I feel like it hasn’t accomplished anything which I realize is silly because it takes time. But, like most of us, I’m a great fan of instant gratification.

No, I’m not feeling at all enthusiastic. But, and it is a pretty big but, I would have to say I’m more committed now than I was when I started. Enthusiasm, excitement, etc., will hopefully come later when I can see some significant changes. If there is one thing I’ve learned in my 39 years, it is that relying on how I feel is a dangerous road. So for now, I’ll stick with Sam. “I made a promise, Mister Frodo. A promise!

Breakfast: toast w/peanut butter, oj

Lunch: tuna wrap

Dinner: salad

Exercise: weights 10 min. 1100 calories.

Breakfast: Toast, oj

Lunch: Tuna sandwich

Dinner: Turkey spaghetti

Exercise: none. 1100 calories

Brunch: Tuna wrap, v-8 juice

Dinner: Spaghetti w/ground turkey & wheat pasta. It was very good!, salad

Snack: Trail mix, hot chocolate

Exercise: biked 4 miles, 25 min. Found 4# weights & used them for about 5 minutes. They are kind of heavy too. I’m thinking I’m pretty weak - I’ll keep working on it.

1400 calories.